In a spectacular phenomenon that happens when the setting sun illuminates Yosemite's Horsetail Fall, the waterfall appears to gush fire.
Calif. — "Every year for two weeks in February, the sun sets at a certain angle and illuminates the waterfall in luminescent orange and red, making it look like a fluid fire," photographer Sangeeta Dey wrote on Facebook. "I've met photographers who said that they have been coming for 11 years only to see this happen 2 or 3 times."
Dey said she arrived at the national park at 2 p.m. one day last week to find a spot, ultimately settling under a bush.
“When the fall started glowing, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” Dey wrote. “For 10 minutes, all of us sat there mesmerized by this spectacle. When it ended, a few of us had tears in our eyes. Some of us were clapping. And others were just ecstatic to finally get a chance to see it after trying for years.”
Firefall:Yesterday, Frank Somerville KTVU shared my photograph of the Firefall phenomenon in Yosemite. Thereafter, NBC...
Posted by Sangeeta Dey Photography on Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Other photographers have captured the "firefall" and posted breathtaking photos on social media.
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